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All the ideas for 'works', 'Many, but almost one' and 'An Axiomatization of Set Theory'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / f. Limitation of Size

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Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong [Lavine on Neumann]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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All the axioms for mathematics presuppose set theory [Neumann]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]